It is not the bad times on which we should dwell, it is only poison to
the mind and soul. We shall rise up after
we fall, and continue to go on -- dwelling on the good, high-spirited
times of our lives.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we
ourselves become Buddhas.

Anxiety is interest paid on trouble before it is due.

Do not scorn the person who is perpetually happy. He does know something
you don't.

I look forward to an America which wil l not be afraid of grace and
beauty.

A home is not a mere transient shelter : its essence lies in the
personalities
of the people who live in it.

Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you will cease to be so.

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever,
then I will never know happiness.
For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is
granted, all else follows.

The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along,
listening to
all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Man is only happy as he finds a work worth doing, and does it well.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on
earth.

Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

Trouble is part of your life -- if you don't share it, you don't give
the person who
loves you a chance to love you enough.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If
encouraged, it
cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

The surest way of severely upsetting yourself for hours is by continuing
to
consider what concerns you most for a single moment too long.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved
much.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful
impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

When the world has once begun to use us ill, it afterwards continues the
same treatment with less scruple or ceremony, as men do to a whore.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Sloppy, raggedy-assed old life. I love it. I never want to die.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not
joy but sorrow.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

So go for the jump, and chase all your dreams.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your
annuities.

It is the only pleasure I have left.

I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.

In life, we are all in the gutter. Some of us just tend to look up at
the stars.

Blessed are we who can laugh at our selves for we shall never cease to
be amused.

Don't do whatever you like -- like whatever you do.

Everyone smiles in the same language.

For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never
know.

Here's to your love, health, and wealth -- and time to enjoy each.

If you wish you be like someone else, you waste the person you are.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

Live each day as if it were the last day of your life, because so far,
it is.

Living well is the best revenge.

Nostalgia is the realization that things weren't as unbearable as they
seemed at the time.

To live a perfect life, you must ask nothing, give nothing, and expect
nothing.

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we
are,
but in what direction we are moving.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

To accomplish great things,
we must not only act, but also dream,
not only plan, but also believe.
~Anatole France

If you put truth above your own desires
And value those as friends who feel the same
If you take pride in things that you've accomplished
And when you're wrong, stand up and take the blame
If you can understand your limitations
And not waste time on tasks beyond your scope
But take the future as a brand new challenge
That you can meet with confidence and hope
If you can listen to those who would advise you
And then judge for yourself just what is right
If you can keep in touch with all about you
And settle differences without a fight
If you can find delight in simple pleasures
And see the rainbow, not the falling rain
If you can lose and never give up trying
Believing that there's nothing done in vain
If you can staunchly stick by your convictions
And not let others set your goals for you
If you can be as practical as need be
And still remember sometimes dreams come true
If you can live the life that you believe in
And trust your judgment and maturity
Then you'll be not just happy and successful,
But the worthwhile person you are meant to be.
~E. M. Gerus

Just think,
you're here not by chance,
but by God's choosing.
His hand formed you
and made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else--
you are one of a kind.
You lack nothing
that His grace can't give you.
He has allowed you to be here
at this time in history
to fulfill His special purpose
for this generation.
~Roy Lessin

Life
The adventure of life is to learn.
The purpose of life is to grow.
The nature of life is to change.
The challenge of life is to overcome.
The essence of life is to care.
The opportunity of life is to serve.
The secret of life is to dare.
The spice of life is to befriend.
The beauty of life is to give.
The joy of life is to love.
~William Arthur Ward